Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has some very optimistic news for the presumptive Republican nominee concerning the upcoming general election. In a private phone call on Wednesday, he predicted Donald Trump could possibly win more than 35 states.

“The more I spend time with him, the more I talk with him, the more I see how he has analyzed this country properly at this point in time, I feel very comfortable that we’re going to win,” he said.

Perry also noted that he didn’t believe Trump would pick his running mate based solely on winning swing states — such as Florida or Ohio.

“Donald Trump has a talent that very few of us in this business [have], and that is to observe [and] to assimilate to what’s going on and then both in a policy way, but also in a verbal way, really catch the attention, the excitement and the trust of the American people,” Perry said.

Perry has changed his position dramatically since the early Republican primaries. Initially he had endorsed Ted Cruz, and compared Trump to a cancer on the conservative movement. Now, it seems he has changed his mind. Perry also added he would not mind being Trump’s vice president if asked and plans to help any way he can between now and the general election.

“I think we have the potential to win overwhelmingly,” he added. “I’m talking a 35, 36, 37-state victory. Just a powerful win in November. You’re going to see as unified a Republican party as you have seen in a long long time.”